Models, Data, and War
Models, Data, and War

Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-06-11

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781720941620

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Models, Data, and War: A Critique of the Foundation for Defense Analyses

Military Applications of Modeling
Military Applications of Modeling

Author: Francis P. Hoeber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-05-30

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 100037131X

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This book, first published in 1981, offers a critical review of the techniques of mathematical modelling and their appropriate application to military operations research – the analysis of data (historical data, exercise and test results, and intelligence) in preparation for war. The virtues of sophistication via simplicity, and the beauty of the artful finesse, emerge as the signature of successful modelling.

Military Modeling
Military Modeling

Author: Wayne P. Hughes

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13:

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A collection of papers that explore of the use of modeling in military planning. Explores how modeling applies to a variety forms of military engagement including ground, sea, air and nuclear warfare.

Validation of Combat Models Against Historical Data
Validation of Combat Models Against Historical Data

Author: Leon Feldman

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13:

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The paper discusses model validation through the use of historical data and describes the recent work at the validation of the Tactical Warfare Simulation Program using data from the 1950-53 Korean War. (Author).

Models, Data, and War: a Critique of the Foundation for Defense Analyses
Models, Data, and War: a Critique of the Foundation for Defense Analyses

Author: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC PROGRAM ANALYSIS DIV.

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13:

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A prominent feature of modern Government is the extent to which the executive branch has institutionalized quantitative methodology (cost-effectiveness analysis, computer modeling, etc.) as an aspect of budgeting and decision-making. Proponents term this 'scientific management, ' and view it as a salutary extension of the 'objective' tools of science and mathematics. This argument has substantial merit, but it obscures the fact that quantitative methodology has considerable potential in both scientific (or 'objective') and 'subjective' applications. The difference, whether an application is based on scientific fact or 'quantified judgment, ' has obvious importance in the context of decision making. This report examines the nature of quantitative methods (cost-effectiveness analysis, computer modeling, etc.) and some of the problems in their use for the analysis of public policy issues.

Lanchester Models of Warfare
Lanchester Models of Warfare

Author: James G. Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13:

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This monograph is a comprehensive treatise on Lanchester-type models of warfare, i.e. differential-equation models of attrition in force-on-force combat operations. Its goal is to provide both an introduction to and current- state-of-the-art overview of Lanchester-type models of warfare as well as a comprehensive and unified in-depth treatment of them. Both deterministic as well as stochastic models are considered. Such models have been widely used in the United States and elsewhere for the modelling of force-on-force attrition over the complete spectrum of combat operations, from combat between platoon-sized units through theater-level air-ground combat. This material should be of interest primarily to individuals concerned with defense planning, quantitative aspects of military analysis, military OR, war gaming, or combat modelling, although it may also be of interest to the reader concerned with the modelling and analysis of other dynamic systems. It should also be of interest to the concerned citizen who is interested in the foundations for defense analysis and has the appropriate technical background.